{"id":989,"date":"2024-02-24T20:55:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T20:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmlynchwriter.com\/?p=989"},"modified":"2024-02-24T21:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T21:09:51","slug":"endangered-examined-life-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmlynchwriter.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/endangered-examined-life-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Examined Life Journal essay: Endangered"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1664px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><em><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-991 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Examined Life Journal Volume 11 cover page including Margaret Lynch's essay Endangered\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=200%2C267&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C533&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=800%2C1067&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmlynchwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4971-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Excerpt from my essay &#8220;Endangered&#8221; published in the Examined Life Journal, Volume 11 (2024)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;We fly to Florida in early January, fleeing Canada\u2019s snow and ice. Two days later, my partner in life and travel sits beside me on the outdoor patio of Mulligan\u2019s Beach House overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Azure-blue sky borders the saltwater, which sunlight refracts and resolves into multi-layered shades of turquoise. At the horizon, a delicate ribbon of periwinkle haze shimmers. Maybe it\u2019s an ordinary day for most people here. But for me, it\u2019s a joyful re-awakening, as if I\u2019m meeting myself again after a long absence. <i>Hello, old friend, <\/i>I whisper inwardly, both a welcome and a blessing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Speakers blare 80s-themed music\u00ad overhead. Glenn Frey\u2019s \u201cYou Belong to the City\u201d transports me back to my twenties when I lived in New York City, to a carefree time when going out for lunch was something I didn\u2019t think twice about. However, the world is different in 2023 after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the past three years have not been kind to our health. We\u2019re physically weaker and more vulnerable due to chronic illness (Brian\u2019s lymphoma, my autoimmune conditions). I\u2019m more aware than ever of lurking dangers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At nearby tables, people gather in small groups while staff serve drinks and overflowing plates of food. I smell onion rings and fries, but we\u2019re not tempted. Two glasses of water (no ice) and fish tacos for us, one of the few healthy choices on the menu. Even so, my stomach will act up in a few days. Overheard conversations about jobs, families, where people are from, and how long they\u2019re in town, fall gently on my ears. It\u2019s been too long since I\u2019ve been out in a public space without a mask, too long since feeling like I\u2019m part of the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>January 2022<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Foot-high snowbanks lined Toronto streets and walkways. I watched the world from my office window overlooking the park that was not off-leash, although most dog owners treated it that way. The morning parade of dogs filed by early, nosing the ground, squatting or raising a leg. Their owners followed, bending and scooping. Sometimes the doberman chased the bijons and chihuahuas who yipped and yapped and jumped in fear or excitement; it was hard to say. The small dog owners glared at the doberman\u2019s owner, squaring off at opposite ends of the park. They all wore masks like seasonal fashion accessories as Covid had waxed and waned\u2014more so in 2020, less in 2021, back again in 2022, the year of Omicron.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Examined Life Journal is a US-based literary publication of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. 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